Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:23:41 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limited Freeware License question Message-ID: <62E805C4-2CA0-4844-80E0-A5AB9430B616@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20080116001325.GA58416@hades.panopticon> References: <20080116001325.GA58416@hades.panopticon>
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On Jan 15, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > I want to port a game which requires data released under Limited > Freeware License > > (http://liberatedgames.org/licenses/Limited_Freeware_License.txt) > > --- > The owner of this software reserves all rights granted by copyright. > However, the owner grants the following rights to users: > > 1) The right to make personal copies of the software. > 2) The right to distribute the software for free (at no cost) to other > users. > > No further rights are granted or should be assumed. This includes, but > is not limited to, the right to create derivative works. > --- OK, this is a fairly classic restrictive freeware license. > The question is: does FreeBSD port fall under `derivative work'? So long as you do not need to make any patches to the software, no. > I.e. may the data files be installed by it (or should I ask users > to download files themselves instead) and may the package of such > a port be created? Port does not modify any datafiles, it just needs > to download zip and install them to ${DATADIR}. The following section of the Porter's Handbook describes the variables you should set to comply with this license: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-restrictions.html You should definitely set NO_CDROM and probably NO_PACKAGE, as creating a package would be making a derivative work. However, you might consider asking the authors of this software for additional permission.... Regards, -- -Chuck
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